Hello, Everyone! Sorry for the late upload as I've got distracted by darksoul3 and watching some drama/anime during the lockdown. I've even watched the Infinite Stratos anime for the first time actually. Well, so-so for me actually just the amount of fanservice is making me cringe, I don't mind it but is just overboard for my taste like To-Love-Ru(that'snot anime but hentai for me in my opinion).

Also finished FF7 remake, good game actually. I'm not going to compare with the classic, as I treat it as stand-alone.

Also thanks for giving opinions and suggestions on review & PM, especially Dragon725 which helps a lot and a guest review about MS height fir reminder.

Sorry that this chapter is short, as I usually describe actions like battles etc for other people, so I'm not really good at expressing sentences as I'm a quite bad writer since I've got used to straight to the point wordings.

Anyway, once again thank you for your time and reading this story, it has finally achieved my client's goal of having 100+ fav/follow, he is quite happy and without further prolonging, please enjoy this chapter.

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Chapter 12: Customization & Complication

The next morning on Tuesday, the class had started, news about Asher's feat against two representatives cadets on equal had spread widely similar to Ichika's case for being the first male pilot until now. In addition, news about him defeated unknown assailant scorpion sentinel also spread him quite some attention which the wanted to avoid.

In the middle lesson, Chifuyu announced that the customization permit is for pick up at the faculty office after school, the Revive assigned to him is already assigned to an engineer in charge of it. Also, the teacher announced that the class tournament is resumed and it will be a tag battle. Asher guessed he probably won't be participating in the tourney, as he needs some time to finish the customization for his IS since it is held on the weekend, there's no way he can make it in time. Besides, he's currently looking forward to having a discussion with the PIC engineer, oh how he can't wait for it and wish class ends soon.

During lunchtime, Asher then glance towards Charles or Charlotte's seat as usual with Ichika and other girls before heading to lunch and remembered the last night conversation,

Flashback

Charlotte was startled to hear her real name coming from the boy she just met today who didn't even present during the class introduction.

"H-how?" Charlotte asked,

"Well, I did some research about the company since I want to know about Rafale Revive, self-study by the way since males have no point studying about IS in middle school as the majority. So it wasn't that hard to saw a few articles about the CEO and about having a daughter, it's on the internet." Asher shrugs. "Although, I'm not really sure about it at first because there's no official news about Dunois had a child, so it got me curious until I've come across some certain rumors" Asher still leaning on the window with arms crossed on his chest.

"I guess the rumors about your intelligence gathering is true," Charlotte whispered herself.

"Well, I got some ideas about why you disguised as a guy to infiltrate the academy, but I don't think you did a good job hiding it. Here's why;

Firstly, you used the Dunois name plus reveal yourself your knowledge about Rafale Revive.

Secondly, every time Ichika invited you to change clothes for the sake of male bonding reason, that's how he was by the way, back to the main point is that you always decline it and ask us to go change first.

Thirdly, I guess that your main objective is to observe Ichika and IS performance to gather enough data for your father's company, am I right?" Asher lists out the possibilities that he can think of, but it seems he guessed right after witnessing Charlotte's expression.

"Yes, you are correct. My father's company is on the verge of the financial crisis, even if the company is one of the largest shares for IS mass production but the Revive is still a second-generation machine and France was omitted from the European Union's Ignition plan." Charlotte explained her situations,

"Ignition Plan, you mean the one that determined the supplier for the third generation, is that correct? Well, that explained about you and that German girl attended the academy at this timing, but I still don't get why the disguise?" Asher asked,

"Erm... My father ordered me to disguise as a male to get close to Ichika to observe and gain as much data as possible." Charlotte said,

"Order? I might be wrong but somehow you didn't seem to have a healthy relationship with tour parents." Asher asked,

"I'm actually a mistress child," Charlotte answered, her words seem heavy when she explained to Asher that she only met her father once or twice after her mother passed away and told her about her father to met up with him, the wife and others start ridiculing her. When Asher listening to his roommate, his old gunshot wound on his back start throbbing from his memory as if the pain before resurfaces as he winces and pressed his old recovered wound with his hand.

"Are you alright?" Charlotte asked with worry look,

"Its nothing, just my old wound suddenly acting up. Sorry, didn't mean to pry into your private life but I have to say that your household is a douchebag, I mean ordering you to disguise your gender just to gain popularity? Understand they are desperate but come on. I take that if you failed your 'mission' they might possibly kick you out to streets." Asher said, Charlotte's expression remains gloomy, it is within expectation, after all, a mistress child from popular/powerful background never revealed into media to avoid scandal, etc, he won't be surprised that shes using different alias to attend school in France. He saw this kind of case before back home when a client visits his mother for adultery cases of some famous actor, but at least the child is given a proper lifestyle and they accepted each other.

"Sigh, well that cooperates reality for you," Asher said, he saw the girl still wearing a depressing expression, he didn't want to do this but doing so might able to save some of her trouble and possibly to help him some stuff later.

"How about this, I stay quiet about your disguise and your mission." Asher's words snapped out of her thoughts, she didn't expect to hear that. "In return, you will do something for me." Asher smirk.

Charlotte immediately cover herself, "Y-You mean-",

"Wow, hold that thought! It's not what you think, I just need your IS knowledge and questions about Revive, that's all." Asher explained himself, the girl sigh in relief that it wasn't something...inappropriate.

"But why would you help me?" Charlotte asked,

"Well, I'm not trying hard to be a good samaritan and trying to win over you or something, nothing is free in reality, is it? So in service of keeping my mouth shut about your disguise and mission, you're going to help me out with some stuff, give and take. Also, it's convenient for your mission as well." Asher said, but the girl is confused until Asher mentions this sentence.

"I'll be test pilot for your future 3rd generation IS that's going to be designed by me. Which is why I need your help." Asher said,

"Design by you?" Charlotte surprised,

"Yeah, well I got some draft sketches drawn for 6 years out of boredom, so maybe a few might be possible to make it a reality and it's all about Revive so your expertise came in handy," Asher said as he pulled out a notebook and gave it to Charlotte, she flipped through some pages and something flicked her thoughts while going through the drafts she might call it ridiculous but if possible to make it into reality it might be interesting to see it first hand! Her curiosity is gotten into her and her thoughts completely forgotten about her mission whatsoever right now.

"It's going to be a tough ride, you better expect a lot of screw up and errors. So, you're in?" Asher asked,

Charlotte remains silent for a while, she closed the notebook and placed it on the bed. Asher was slightly nervous when she got up and approaching him while raising her right hand but his nervousness all vanish when he saw her face.

"I accept," Charlotte wearing a face of curiosity or the face of a challenger perhaps.

"Cool, then it's a deal. Pleasure doing business, Charlotte." Asher's hand shook her hand and the deal is sealed.

Flashback ends.

'Welp, at least one of my problems been taken care of, now I just to wait until after school, get the permit and discuss with the engineer in charge. I wonder what kind of trial and error will happen, what discussion will be held later, argh I can't wait for it!' Asher unconsciously showing his blissful grin expression, the classmate around a little weird out, wonder if better to ignore it.

"What's with him?" Houki asked,

"Probably remembered about the honor of fighting with England cadet representative such as myself previously," Cecile said as she flicked her hair.

"Hmph, more like how he has gotten cocky." Rin crossed her arm,

"Well, whatever he's thinking. But I never thought I see him with that expression. He must be really happy." Ichika said, Rin started to weird out as well, she took off and went to Asher's desk.

"Oi penguin!" Rin called out but Asher is not responding as he still in his Lala land.

"Hey, penguin! Answer me, you jerk!" Rin pops an angry vein on her head and proceeds to aggressively yank his collar repeatedly.

Asher speaks random gibberish due to Rin's violent tugging, he repeatedly trying to grab her hand to stop her but he touched somewhere that shouldn't be touched. The dark blue hair boy felt something soft and noticed the tugging had stopped. "Damn it, panda. Are you trying to kill me or something?" Asher cough slightly trying to gasp some air until he noticed that the Chinese girl seem unusually quiet until he felt something soft on his right palm which landed on her chest.

Rin was stunned and let out small tears before she reaches out her fist screaming 'Die!' to the unfortunate boy which had been unconsciously knocked out during while afternoon class. When he woke up, the class is over and his stomach was growling as he didn't have a chance to eat his lunch before succumbed by Rin's panda fist.

"Urgh, seriously? Damn that Rin sure packs a punch." Asher said as he rubs his nose bridge where he got punched.

"Looks like you're awake, idiot." Asher heard Chifuyu's voice and he noticed that he's in the medical bay again.

"Chifuyu? Did you bring me here?" Asher asked,

"Nope, Ichika's the one who does the job. If it weren't for testimony if some classmate you've could get into trouble for sexual harassment." Chifuyu said,

"Tell that to panda, I didn't expect her to grab me while I was daydreaming. Urgh, I can still freshly remember the pain from that fist." Asher said as he pinched his nose bridge.

"Anyway, I've bought you the permit since you couldn't come and pick it up. You can give it to the engineer tomorrow." Chifuyu said as she brings up the permit paper.

"Really? Oh, thank you Chifuyu. You're the best!" Asher immediately got up and his mind completely forgotten about the pain he suffered, he took the permit paper and at the same time hug her from happiness which the elder woman didn't prepare for the sudden invasion of personal space.

Chifuyu wanted to smack him but the boy immediately let go and look at the permit with a delighted expression as if a kid got their present. At the time, Chifuyu just thought that he's an adorable boy which she quickly shook off that thought and be professional.

"Oh, by the way, Chifuyu. Do you know anything about Charles Dunois?" Asher asked,

"Of course, we run a background check before enlisting as students," Chifuyu asked,

"Then why assign her as my roommate?" Asher immediately closed his mouth for unconsciously blurred out.

"Simple, because you could've helped her situation one way or another, besides the timing, couldn't be any better. With your permit to customized your IS, she'll able to get data from you using the Revive model series. Who would be up for the task if it wasn't you?" Chifuyu explains within her expectation that Asher knows about the France transfer student gender and situations before she enlisted the academy agreed to Charlotte"s request for hiding her real gender and circumstances in terms and conditions.

So Chifuyu decides its best to assign with Asher as he's familiar with Revive and the mock battle before strengthening her reasoning that somehow the boy might able to help the France student.

Meanwhile, the boy facepalms himself. Sometimes he wonders why Chifuyu seems to torture him whether on purpose or not. First, he stays in her room and sleeps in the same bed, and now sharing a room with a girl at his appearance age? He's still a healthy guy even though he had some self-restraint.

"Even so, I don't think I've got what it takes to make the 3rd generation honestly. The only thing I can think of is changing the Revives design and performance at the moment." Asher said,

"At least you have some plan for a start, don't worry. There are 3 years of freedom for her in the academy, I believe by that time she'll archive her objectives. I'm sure there's something from your homeworld to apply for your IS, isn't it? With Dunois's help, her knowledge will be a great assistance for you." Chifuyu said as she crosses her arm with a slight smirk that appeared on her mouth.

"Don't expect too much of it though, and you're right that Charlotte will be a great help for me though," Asher said,

"Anyway, if you're feeling better now, head back to your dorm or there will be consequences," Chifuyu said as she glared at the boy, Asher immediately bolted out towards the door. Chifuyu sigh and firmly tighten her crossed arms remembered the sensation from the hug just now, now that she thinks about it, she never received a hug before as everyone tends to give her personal space.

"That idiot getting too cocky, but I guess it's fine as we're siblings..." Chifuyu for some reason felt a little difficult to look at Asher as her sibling lately, is it because they're not blood-related or ever known his origin? Maybe she did a mistake when she made a decision for him to stay in her room before as she sees him as a sibling until he invades her personal space and accidental groping, ever since then her view towards the boy slowly change.

"I need to get it out of my head, what am I thinking? I'm not a high school girl looking for a relationship. Get it together, Chifuyu." Chifuyu smacks her own cheeks to regain focus, upon leaving to her room when she arrives, the room felt kind of empty without the dark blue hair boy around when she finishes changing into her nightgown, she might make a huge mistake after all as she slowly begins to miss her stepbrother company with her alone, she just remembered that she forgot to tell him about the class tournament as she slowly succumbed into sleep with a dream that somehow she's with Asher alone in a room with yukata facing the boy below her on the bedsheet. The next early morning, she couldn't afford to fave Asher as for some reason last night she's having a wet dream with the said boy, she's going to head for training room alone and let out some steam, probably she's stress from work and she reminds herself again that she's not some high school girl looking for relationship.

The next morning in class, Asher has been told about his entry for the tournament by Yamada-sensei but the roster is still in progress, the boy can't believe this not to mention it will be held next week and there will be no time to customize his IS unit as planned before, now all the planning is scrap for now and he needs to think of an alternative.

For some odd reason, he noticed that Chifuyu had been avoiding eye contact with him, he thought that his stepsister would keep a close eye to monitor him and seems to lack sleep because Chifuyu seems looks like she's about to murder someone right now.

After the class is done, Asher meets with the engineer in charge of his IS unit, her name is Kousaka Nanase, hearing that surname reminds him of the famous middle-schooler Gunpla Builder Kousaka 7Yuuma that Itsuki talks about last time. Kousaka-sensei is a twin tail like Rin but with reddish-brown hair, slightly smaller bust size, the same height as him a 165cm, wearing thick frame glasses kind of giving a school model.

"Ah, you must be Valentine, right? I've heard about you from Orimura-sensei, about your IS customization. Before we begin shall I provide some sample draft for you to choose? There are several data we could apply with existing data." Kousaka-sensei said,

"Actually, due to I'm enlisting to the tourney and the time frame is too short, I'm thinking of changing specs and add a little trinket on Revives as it is," Asher said,

"I see, that makes sense. So what would you like to do with your Revives?" Kousaka-sensei asked,

"Please take a look at this rough design I made recently, I think it would be sufficient given the time frame and could able to field test it out before the tourney," Asher said as he handed out the notebook. The engineer in charge glance through, she seemingly had a little doubt but also an interesting idea at the time.

"It does have an interesting concept, but there will be a lot of trial and error with this, are you sure?" Kousaka-sensei asked,

"Of course I expected there will be a lot of trials and error, that why the minimal adjustment," Asher said,

"Very well, I think you're the first pilot trying to something unorthodox way," Kousaka-sensei said,

"I've been told that a lot, shall we begin?" Asher asks,

"You can go back already, just leave it to the professionals," The engineer said but Asher shook his head in disagreement.

"Sorry, no disrespect. As that Revives is my responsibility, it is my belief to understand the units, the pilot should involve in units development and design, to draw out the full potential as much as possible. Also, If its something you build your own, it's easier to master it, don't you think?" Asher asked the engineer can't believe she's hearing this from a high schooler, although it made some sense if its something you build your own, mastering it won't be a problem and besides saves more time to know some problems during testing for pilots preference.

"Alright, shall we begin?" Kousaka-sensei asked and both of them begin their work.

Several days of trial and error, they faced many problems than they expected but with the help of Charlotte and surprisingly AIDA that able to sneak in Kousaka's system. Asher had a hard time explaining but AIDA just introduce as being an AI given to Asher by his former guardian, a fabricated story. Luckily, both Charlotte and Kousaka-sensei agreed to keep AIDA's existence as a secret.

The new upgrade for the Revives is nearly complete, despite the rush job. Although, it is not what Asher's ideal customization but it should suffice for now. When the teacher announced the tournament rosters, he didn't expect his first match will be complicated.

Asher's opponents will be Ichika and Charlotte, and his partner will be the German transfer student Laura Bodewig. Sometimes his luck is really shitty if he says so himself. Since Laura is the type of not listening to others, it's going difficult for her to acknowledge him as a partner. In addition, Charlotte has some info about his Revives and his piloting style from trial and error, so it will be a tough match for him.

But Asher didn't seem to be upset about all these disadvantages. After all, how long has it been since he felt nervous in a tournament? Knowing he will be fighting with his machine reminds him of the time he and Itsuki participate in some public event of gunpla tournament. The long-forgotten feeling that he missed 6 years ago will it finally be resurfaced?

He didn't think this day will come, frankly speaking. What's more, surprising is that during his field testing, a third-year teacher is giving assistance for it, although it is more like issuing a challenge than assisting, Asher wonders why would a third-year teacher challenge him? If he remembers correctly that teacher was the one who caught him near Chifuyu's room before, Ayase Nagisa he remembered that she was a previously former candidate during Chifuyu's prime and said to be on an equal stand, which explains her aggressive offensive that he had trouble dealing with but he was glad to have that fight as he had awakened the feeling he had lost before, the thrilling feeling, the joy when he was gunpla battle and the feeling to obtain a complete victory by giving his best shot, those feeling returned back to him. Although he had lost the practice match, he had gained something he needed the most, the Fighter spirit. Asher is really thankful to the third year teacher although he had no idea why the teacher would help in practice match though he can barely hear something about forgotten and revenge, he had no idea.

The tournament season is almost approaching, he, Kousaka-sensei, and AIDA had to make final preparations for his Revives, the boy still a little disappointed that he can't produce his ideal unit yet but the current adjustment should suffice.

"Asher, the tuning and adjustment for extra weapon system is complete. There will be no problems during the field." AIDA announced,

"I'm impressed, if your AI is not here to help out, we might have a problem," Kousaka-sensei said,

"Yeah, I'm agreed," Asher said as he looks at his newly upgraded Revives, it was painted with purple and black just like his original gunpla. The shield binder had added extra weapons, a 4-tube missile on top of the shielded binder. The round orb in the back had added extra thrusters for maneuverability, the armor plating had been enhanced the durability giving more protection, the arms of the Revives had installed a mini-machinegun carrying 120 x 9mm bullets in top of both forearms. The leg thruster had extra for more stability and speed, the back skirt of the Revives had been shortened which reduce the flight capability but it is still operable due to extra thrusters on the round orb, the skirt shortened to waist length, but it was installed with 2x grenades on both sides and a hidden compartment where he had installed a pair of melee weapon called Heat Nata in the back skirt.

He had an extra secret weapon but it was not complete and it's unstable to use yet, but he had it in the Revives just in case. He wanted to make as similar to his Gunpla Fascinator Alpha as much as possible, but given time frame, this is the best he can make of.

"I have to say, you build some sort of beast with this but are you sure this is the only weaponry needed to have? Revives still had some of the equalizer left for extra weapons." Kousaka-sensei asked,

"Nah this will suffice, it's best to leave the rest for the units with stabilizer device and other basic performance. Besides having too many weapons will be a waste since I don't think I had a chance to use them all. Best to use the most of it for tuning than weaponry if I'm going to compete with the third generation." Asher said,

"Good point, still that Charlotte not sure knows a lot about Revives, well consider he using one himself, customized on boot too," Kousaka-sensei said,

"Yeah, he's helpful," Asher said,

"Is he not coming today?" Kousaka-sensei asked,

"He's with Ichika training for the tourney, probably fixing his bad habit," Asher said,

"Hm, well it's going to be a tough match for you, boy," Kousaka-sensei commented,

"All the better, looking at the bright side, we can obtain data for my original plan," Asher said,

"Hahahaha, oh you're so adorable, boy. Say do we have a name for this new beast? Calling it Revive basic seems kinda inappropriate." Kousaka-sensei asked,

"FC Revive," Asher replied, the engineer wanted to ask what FC is mean but the boy just replied something related to his past, for him is a memory of his gunpla, a memento of his past. Later the boy dubbed it FC Revive Prototype officially, remembering that this unit is an incomplete version of his ideal unit. After all the adjustment had been done, he went back to his dorm to have an early rest for the tourney days to come. When he got in, Charlotte just barely finished changing into her pajamas.

"Ah, you're back, Asher-kun," Charlotte called him,

"Guess I missed the chance to 'accidentally' see your naked body." Asher joked,

"Ha-ha, very funny, Asher-kun," Charlotte said as she pouted with a blush on her face. "How's your Revive, Asher-kun?" Charlotte asked quickly to change the topic.

"We've done what we can, all that left is just me not to screw up. How about you?" Asher asked,

"Still okay, although Ichika is improving. At least he no longer charges straight up like usual. He seems to adapt quickly once given example and simpler instruction." Charlotte said,

"Well, he's simple-minded and all, thanks for looking out to him," Asher said,

"Is it all right for you?" Charlotte's question cause the boy to raise his left brow. "I mean you mention that it is fine for me to provide information about your Revive and your piloting style during the field testing to Ichika. Won't that cause you in huge disadvantages? I mean your partner is that Laura, she won't listen to you." Charlotte said with worry tone, frankly, she just feels guilty that she had to reveal all the hard work her roommate had done are easily revealed to his competitor.

"Don't worry about it, the tougher the fight the better for data collection. After all, as you know my current Revives is just a rush job, also thanks to you that we manage to figure out some problem and settle it with the help of everyone. I should be thanking you too, don't worry about it." Asher said,

"Don't you want to win the match?" Charlotte asked, shes slightly surprised that the boy is a little laid back,

"What I want is a complete victory." Charlotte confused, "I want a victory where both me and my opponent gives everything we got, exceeding our limits. Not because of some winning rewards or title, but just want to win against your opponent with our best shot. That's just all I want, call me childish is you want, but that's my personal objective." Asher said,

Charlotte shook her head, "No, I find it admirable. That you disregard external factors but just for your own selfish desire. I've kind of jealous with that freedom of yours." Charlotte said,

"Then you just need to make the first step, it's fine to be selfish or childish at some point. Besides, we got a lot of time to solve your financial crisis, remember that I'll help out making Revives third generation a reality if you help me out. So don't think too much of your so-called mission for now and just have some fun, it will be worth it." Asher gives her a cheerful grin, the girl can't help but blush from it as she never had any male friends treat her like this. Ichika is a nice person but for some reason, her roommate been making her a little flustered every time he tried to make her feel better.

"Oh, Asher. It's been in my mind for a while but why are you adopted to the Ichika-kun family?" All sudden she saw the boys fave start feeling down, "Ah, I mean I'm just curious, if you don't want to talk about it is okay, I understand!" Charlotte quickly explains that she didn't mean to pry into his personal life.

"Nah, it's okay. I figured out about you, so its fair for you to know. Well, 6 years ago I was at the abandoned factory alone without any memory of how I get there in the first place, when I'm trying to figuring out where am I, Chifuyu spotted me and she decided to adopt me when she found out I'm all alone." Asher said the blonde girl was afraid to ask what did he mean by that, Asher just continues that his parents and friends no longer around.

"So, it's kind of hectic for me to adjust myself the first time. When I found out she's actually a former champion and her spartan ways, it took me a long time to fit in their life until one incident where Ichika suddenly got kidnap and I took a bullet for him, still have an old scar on my right back shoulder. Thought that I was going to die with all that blood loss, but here I am, still kicking. Well, that's all about me, now that I think of it. We're both kinds of similar in terms of trying to fit into the family." Asher laughs sheepishly until he suddenly being lunge by Charlotte on his bed, he almost falls behind but he manages to stabilize himself, then he saw Charlotte was hugging him and cried.

"Oi-oi, what's wrong? Why are you crying? Err, calm down Charlotte. Oh shit, what am I supposed to do?" Asher asked himself, Charlotte continue to cry but her tears are actually for both of them, she is sad about the boy's life being completely alone if it weren't for Ichika's sister she can't imagine how he will survive, knowing that reminds of her life as well when she tried to fit in her father's family but being ridiculed by almost every household and her father didn't seem to treat her as a family. All the feelings she kept inside her bottle up during her life in her father's household, the loss of her mother, the stress of her current life all the feelings break out from her inner prisons, crying in both sadness and frustrations.

Asher didn't know how to comfort a crying girl at his appearance age, so he did the most logical and probably cause him trouble, he soothes her by patting her head. The girl was shocked at the foreign touch but was soon at ease up and the familiar feeling came thru her, she slowly succumbs and went to sleep, exhausting from her crying outburst just now. Asher heard the girl whisper before she went to sleep.

"Silly, I'm not your mom." Asher sigh, he slowly moves away and tried to carry Charlotte to placed her on her bed, but he thinks he messed up as suddenly Charlotte's button got loose and given him a full clear view of her bosom. The boy was barely able to prevent his nosebleed by looking away, quickly cover herself up pulling the clothes together with blankets on and write a memo on her desk that he didn't do anything to her during her sleep just in case when she notices her chest button was loose. After the memo was done, he quickly went back to sleep but his mind keeps invading with the image of Charlotte's breast, he going to have a hard time sleep and he blames his hormones for it.

At the same time, Laura was in her room staring at the night sky, she will prove herself to her instructor that this academy is not a place for her and should be in Germany instead. But because of that sorry excuse if a little brother causes her instructor to gave up the Mondo Grosso title. Laura will not recognize that pathetic man related to her instructor, she will completely crush him without fail.

Although, there is one thing that caught her attention, the instructor stepbrother named Asher Valentine. From her observation during the practice drill before she can tell that the shorter boy had some combat experience although not military standards but for civilians' level is considered high level. Even so, she will crush the other boy as well, for suddenly assaulting AKA hugging her beloved instructor in front of her is unacceptable!

"Just you wait, I'll crush both you with my own strength!" Laura said as she clenches her fist.

Meanwhile, at AIDA's underground facility, the AI begins the process of all the data obtained during field testing for Asher's IS. The data is very valuable and the AI is looking forward to collecting more during to tourney. To be the truth, AIDA prefers not to reveal its existence but in order to solve the boy's problem before the tourney, the AI had to make an appearance and fabricated the story being an AI given by the bot's parent.

As for the MS project, most of the chassis is complete and the weaponry is redesigning. According to statistics, it is almost 80% complete and all that left is combat data. If the AI has access to human emotion, AIDA will certainly be excited.

And...cut!

Well, I tried to have some emotional moments, but maybe not a good job for it. Hope is acceptable. Of course, I'll edit back if there's a major mistake like a typo before, I don't know why it happens a lot lately, probably the keyboard/fons trying to screw me up or something.

Well, I've decided to insert some Asher's fanservice for comedy nothing too major I hope. The idea of having Charlotte and Rin as Asher's harem is a kind of interesting idea as originally I plan to pair up with Chifuyu (my personal favorite and got permission from my client). So, I've written it this way for those three ladies at this point. I'm not going to make them all kyah kyah blush blush wanted attention like in cannon, I mean is kind of way overboard for me so I tone it down for future chapters.

Also, the idea for following striker pack and the battery, thanks that give me some idea and I agree that IS once the energy shield is depleted and the machine goes kaput is kind of derp. So once again thank toy for the opinion Dragon725.

Erm, think I stop here or I'll be writing a full-page report for Author's note.

Thank you for your time and read, we are appreciated and look forward to the next chapter where Asher going to show them his Gunpla Battle skill to the max even though he's rusty.

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